GMA News Online reports that on Saturday, August 19, Mary Joy Tabal snagged the Philippines' first gold medal in the 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia, after dominating the women's marathon.
The report notes: "[Mary Joy], a native of Cebu, is the first Filipina marathoner to qualify for the Olympics. [She] got the 124th place at the 2016 Rio Olympics for the women's marathon."
The Palace immediately congratulated Mary Joy for her achievement.
Meanwhile, ABS-CBN News correspondent Dyan Castillejo shared a video of Mary Joy's winning moment.
Tabal tears of joy describing her last few km for the gold #SEAGame2017 pic.twitter.com/vcF7AfwyM7
— DYAN CASTILLEJO (@DYANCASTILLEJO) August 19, 2017
This story originally appeared on Cosmo.ph.
* Minor edits have been made by the Femalenetwork.com editors.
